Sensitivity and specificity of the GDx: Clinical judgment of standard printouts versus the number

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-133

  Colen, Thomas P ^a   Lemij, Hans G ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GDx; Glaucoma; Scanning laser polarimetry; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; POLARIMETER; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIREFRINGENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037389934     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200304000-00007     Document Type: Article

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